Six patients die at Amritsar hospital allegedly due to oxygen shortage
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh ordered the Amritsar Deputy Commissioner (DC) to initiate a thorough probe into the incident.
By Mansoor| Published: 24th April 2021 10:37 pm IST
Five of the six patients were infected with COVID-19, the hospital said.
“Despite the district administration being repeatedly asked to extend help, no one turned up to do the needful,” Sunil Devgan, chairman and managing director of Neelkant hospital where the deaths occurred, alleged.
“Six patients, including two women, died due to the shortage of oxygen,” he claimed.
However, Medical Education Minister O P Soni refuted the charge and claimed that no proper information was given by the hospital about any shortage of oxygen.